When Academy Awards director Glenn Weiss popped the question to Jan Svendsen during his acceptance speech for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special at the 70th Primetime Emmys on Monday, the couple gave everyone watching the most exciting moment of the night. And on Wednesday morning, the couple shared the story behind their Emmys 2018 onstage engagement — a first for the awards ceremony— in an appearance on the Today show. “I was expecting a private proposal if there ever was to be one,” Svendsen a producer who was also the Chief Marketing Officer for the Tony Awards said.